February 29, 2008
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Frickin’ Chicken
A convenience store in Pennsylvania is coming under fire for using a billboard that some believe contains foul language.
The billboard uses the phrase “Crispy Frickin’ Chicken.” Here is the link: Link
Is “frickin’” a bad word?
Comments (148)
No, just a stupid redneck-sounding one.
No!
Fuckin’ is though.
Its poor taste! It gets your attention though!
in the world of the anal.. yes. i mean, ppl advertise based on location.. don’t they??
My grandmother thought it was.
Uh, NO….
How many euphamisms do you suppose there are for the “F” word.
I wonder if there are more than the number of euphamisms for “penis”.
no, its a made up one like “durn” that is meant to imply a bad word without actually being one… but maybe that makes it just as bad
Awe heck, those darn people are always pitching a fit.
No I would not class this as foul language, but some people might get offend by it.
really, it depends on if you’re using it for a bad word or not. don’t you think?
no. its not a bad word at all?!
Growing up my mom, being a pastors wife, wouldnt even let us say “butt”. she would always say “bottom”.
Sometimes now, even my mother uses the word “freakin”.
Thats like saying “gosh” is a bad word, because it really means “god”.
how ya think the chicken feels?
My parents would insist that its a replacement for bad word and therefore just as bad. I wouldn’t go that far. However, I’m not sure that the word “frickin’” makes me hungry for chicken.
this post is offensive. frick you, Dan, for posting this.
Naw, but it’s not very classy either. Then again, neither is fast food.
No, not really. Did you post this before Dan? Thought I saw this before.
@CrazyXBeautifulXDisaster - My dad wouldn’t let us say “Gosh” for that very reason!
No, I think it’s more like fowl language.
now people are just looking for something to get mad about
It is a pseudo-swearword.
I am not sure if I’d eat their frickin’ chicken but not b/c frickin’ is a bad word. Their frickin’ chicken looks frickin’ groddy.
Its slang for the other word. So I can see why some people would get offended.
Frickin is a stand in for a worse word!
No. It’s called a Euphemism people. Aren’t there bigger problems out there people could be concerned with?
Why yes, this is a vegetarian cuss word!
LOL
It is a sub word for F***
But I say crap and that is a sub word for S***
I try not to say crap a lot, especially when at church – but I don’t go posting it on billboards either.. lol
Daniel (doubledb)
Frickin’, Freakin’ Fudging’, etc…
None of these are bad words, the only reason they came about as an alternative to saying Fcuking. Who said fcuk was a bad word to begin with? Anyone know the history?
I think that is clever actually. Good marketing as even negative attention has people talking about the product.
no… I don’t think so… It’s a frickin awesome word!
no, and neither is fuckin.
No, it’s not a bad word, but what is the point of using it? Because it rhymes with chicken? Big whoop. It’s really a dumb sounding phrase.
No.
not really, but what’s the point of having fricken’ in there? i don’t get it… i sure as hell wouldn’t eat it….
i don’t think it is a bad word…i don’t cuss and i say.
I don’t think so…actually, it’s a pretty funny billboard.
*hugs*
I drive by that sign quite frequently and laugh every single time I see it.
Chicken is a foul word.
Not really.
My brother says it all the time…
hahah…and my parents are oblivious..
@la_faerie_joyeuse - Haha, agreed.
@porcupinesol -
Not even. LOL
only if you’re trying really hard to be offended.
It’s like when I went to a baptist school and you’d get written up for saying “oh my gosh!” because it was ‘using the Lord’s name in vain.’
In my opinion, just because it’s a substitute for an offensive word, and maybe starts with the same letter doesn’t make it the same as the other word. It’s like if someone saif “Spork it all!” and people started shouting “That’s a stand in for the F word! Spork is a bad word! I’m so offended!” They’re not the same, they’re just doing the same thing.
I don’t think it’s really a bad word, not one I choose to use, but I don’t believe it belongs on a billboard. Not a bad word, just not made for a billboard.
No, it’s more like a mild oath. I always assumed it was a milder and more accepted way of saying “fuck”.
Omigods, would they feel better if they said ‘fudgin’? Morons. Get a frickin’ life!
It could be implying the other word. I saw flippin’ a lot, I am saying it so I don’t drop the f bomb.
hahahaha…..gosh wat swith ppls these days they just looking for something to get mad about
THIEF! YOU STOLE THIS FROM ME!!!
Not really. Other things to worry about. Just like I don’t think “crap” stands for “sh…t”. The dictionary says it means garbage.
No
What about effin chicken..? I’d effin buy it.
Some people just have too much time on their hands. Get a frickin life and worry about something important.
Its like saying “darn” for “damn.”
I think its a funny slogan.
I think it depends on what generation you belong to. For instance, I don’t think it’s a bad word. It’s slang. My dad would think it was a questionable word (though he wouldn’t have a problem with the billboard). And my grandfather…wouldn’t have a clue that ‘frickin” is a word.
i love it
We need to be decreasing the number of words considered “bad” not increasing them. The billboard people are cowards. They should have just used the real word that most people consider to be “bad”. That would have pushed us further to a world where people are rational and individual words are neither “bad” nor “good”. This is where society needs to go and we’re going too damn slow getting there.
If I were a child, I’d probably get slapped for saying frickin’ to an adult, but there are worse words out there.
Negative
It’s just a dumb euphemism
and a dumber advertisement.
I prefer the word “Effing”
It’s a stupid word… In Idaho it seems like everyone is using it (not so much in the South where I’m from) Reminds me of Frank Caliendo and his “replacement word” skit
“What the Fruit is going on here?!”
don’t you mean….fowl language?
You could consider a substitute word for the “f” word, but I wouldn’t freak out over it.
I can see where people might be offended, but eh, whatever.
Mmmmm that sandwich looks so good!
someone told me I shouldn’t say it once, but I don’t think it’s a bad word.
we have so much freedom in this country that people will bitch about things that dont matter whatsoever, we have media that idolizes trash and people are mad at the word frickin? lol waste of time
Could be a lot worse.
I don’t see why people care, what is the worst possible thing that can happen from reading a “bad word?” I do actually like the taboo on swear words, though, because words are only as powerful as the meaning given to them by the reader or listener… and if they’re offended, then the words have done their job of inciting strong reactions nicely.
No
The whole thing is fowled up.
My dad thinks so.. when I said freaking one time he thought I said “frickin’” and he grabbed my face and screamed at me for it..
So it’s just better to not use words like that..
if frickin’ is a bad word then little kids everywhere should be getting in trouble for using it..
stoooopid
no but if they really want to sell shit, they should replace it with fucking
No.
And for those saying it basically is since it is a stand in for a worse word- so is dang, jeez, sheesh, darnit, rats, and basically any word that you use specifically for a purpose of yelling out to signify frustration/pain/etc.
What the freakin’ hell? No!
HAHAHAHA……. no?Â
no such thing as a bad word… just bad thoughts
Oh come on~ No way!
I would hardly consider “frickin” a bad word, especially in this context.
I don’t think so, My husband does.
It should be Frickin’ Crispy Chicken, or just Frickin’ Chicken. The way they’ve worded it just sounds stupid.
I don’t think “frickin” is a big deal.
no, it’s not. some ppl might be offended because it replaces an obviously “bad” word, so when a person reads the ad, they automatically think of the F word. it’s advertising that skirts the edge…but really, the advertising agency and company should’ve thought of the consumer base. if they posted this up in a conservative neighborhood, then it wasn’t done in poor taste. it was done with “poor” thinking.
freakin?
No it’s what you say when you can’t actually say the real swear word which would be fuck. Well they can’t use lickin’ so why not frickin’?
no. it just makes you sound like a hick.
ditch was a bad word. so i was told… i’d ditch that frickin’ chicken.. [whatever that means back when it was bad]
@barbaradesmond - ’lickin’ probably would have been offensive. just like some said here, people have plenty of time on their hands, so they just chose to pay attention to something so small.
@Dewdropsonthegrass - *giggles*
No, I don’t think it’s a “bad” word.
I guess we all need to go back to the days of saying “By golly gee he/she made me so rootin’ tootin’ angry!!!”
If the words that replace curse words are also bad… then where does that leave words in general?
Not at all.
:]
If they can show viagra commercials on M.T.V then a billboard should be able to say ‘fricken’. I think it implys a bad work but so much classified as one.
its more like slang
My older sister used to get on my case when I said “freakin”. I guess the word evolved into frickin ahahha. But I personally don’t think it’s a bad word -_-.
It means the same thing.
uh, not really.
No.
No, but it’s taste-less….no pun intended?
I don’t really think it’s a bad word. What surprises me though, is that so many people think that “frickin’” is a hick word… I’ve never seen it as such, even though I’m from Oklahoma, it’s not one of those words that I’d consider to be hickish or redneck… I always thought it started with “Austin Powers,” actually.
I think I’ve said this before, but I don’t really believe in bad words. I simply believe there’s a certain time to use and not to use certain words. Pretty much, when out in public or when making a first impression aren’t the best times, IMO.
God Bless,
Chris
LOL.
‘frickin’ is used to replace something worse!
No. But I like freakin’ better.
i know where that is, since i live near there.
and as a normal person, i have no problem with it at all,
actually i haven’t had any complaints about it at all.
No.
Sadly, this is (almost) in my town. I’m only a hop, skip, and jump away from Altoona.
No, it’s not a bad word. Words are only bad because we allow them to be. No word is bad on it’s own.
If ‘frickin” is a bad word, then ‘heck’, ‘gosh’, ‘crud’ and ‘shoot’ are also bad words.
no!!
We have that sign here too!
It’s not really offensive language…
it’s like “freakin’,” but not …
People are too easily offended these days.
This is what happens when you allow women the right to vote.
Damn you, Rockefeller.
It’s foul language just because it says “chicken”
Ha. I made a joke.
Ummm…yes and no.
If you are Ned Flanders it might be a bad word. Most others would waste time caring.
No! There are so many “bad words” now. Quit giving them power. They’re just words! How is a word innately bad? Shouldn’t it really just matter how it’s used? Is anyone being hurt by it? No. Let it be.
haha… foul… chicken… get it?
uhm, fricken isn’t a bad word if you compare it to what it’s replacing. I guess it’s still not a good word that younger kids should be learning to use.
hell no. I always thought of it as the polite[-er] form of f*ck.
oh, come on. “frickin” is supposed to be a substitute for a “bad” word.
The intent was to be substituted for “fucking” which, when it originated was not foul either, though this largely depended on who you asked. For a little history lesson though, back in the beginnings of the european fuedal system, the nobility did not wish for the peasants to rise up against them. So the Norman Kings decreed that when peasants married, they could not have sex with each other unless they had written consent of the king. So “FUCK” quickly became an anogram for Fornication Under Consent of the King. So origins compared to what the words become are horses of different colors. “Frick” as with Battlestar Galacticas “Frack” has been taken in the same context as their predeccessor “Fuck”
Somehow freakin’ sounds less like a swear word to me than frickin’. That said, I don’t think the billboard is using foul language, but I’d be really bewildered if they sold much chicken this way. It just doesn’t sound appetizing. Not like “finger lickin’ good”.
It’s slang, so it’s not appropriate
in my opinion fuck isn’t even a bad word and I personally think that political correctness will be the end of this great nation
Not. A. Chance.
I don’t consider fricken a bad word, but I also don’t see how using the word fricken helped their advertisement.
@stuartandabby - I think it is “Chicken” is a “Fowl” word.
Umm, no.
If they used the other version, I’d assume the kickback would be slightly greater.
yes, it is a replacement for the f word. So really just as bad as putting the f word on there
Like the Healthy Choice frozen dinner called Steamers, it’s not very appetizing. I suppose if we didn’t have Fricken Chickens we wouldn’t have eggs either.
LOL i think that’s hilarious… but frickin’ is a bad word 0_o
Don’t you mean fowl language?
i don’t think it is,
isn’t there a list for the words you can’t say in the media?
i doubt that one is listed, i could think of far worse things to be said..
lame.
Lol, it’s not
No, not when compared to many of the other words that could be used instead.
it’s not technically a swear word and i dont find it offensive…but some ppl might i guess
Nope. It’s just a replacement word.
The name of the place is “sheetz” That doesn’t sound much better… LOL
Nope, it’s not, darn it! Gosh, it’s perfectly alright to say and if anyone has a problem with it then they can go to heck.
i can see why they would get offended over a “replacement” word, but i don’t think so.
I think that, it is a catchy name. I do think that it is not the most proper word to use though..
The only time my dad ever caused me any physical damage (and there was a lot of it) was when I used “frickin’”. I would therefore classify it as bad.
i don’t think it’s a bad word, but i wouldn’t want my 5 year old kid seeing that and saying it.
i can understand how parents would complain about it.
depends on context
i don’t use it in places of propiety.
it makes you sound uneducated too…
no
That’s the best as i’ve ever seen. Holy Moly… Only cause my mom smacked me when I was 13 for saying I was freakin out.
SHe thought is was a bad word. I think she was FREAKIN OUT….
OH MY GAWD IT’S WORSE THAN HAVING SEX IN PUBLIC THINK OF THE CHILDREN THEIR FRAGILE MINDS CANNOT HANDLE SUCH LANGUAGE OH MY GAWWWWD
No way.
no.
i don’t even see how someone could get offended by it, sorry.
I don’t think it’s bad, but it’s not very polite.
That is in no way a bad word.